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Introduction: the struggle to be separate
Amish struggle with modernity • Hanover, Nh • Published In 1994 • Pages: ix, 1-17, 261-263
By: Kraybill, Donald B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Kraybill offers an overview of Amish society. From their origins as dissident Anabaptists in sixteenth century Europe to their present status as a religious minority in North American society, the Amish have struggled to maintain a distinctive subculture. After charting key features of Amish life and social organization, the author shows how the decline of farming and emergent conflict with the state have brought significant changes in recent years to the Amish struggle to remain a separate people (p. 1).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious denominations
- Congregations
- Priesthood
- General character of religion
- Cultural participation
- Sociocultural trends
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1693-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Donald B. Kraybill
- For bibliographical references see document 20: [Kraybill and Olshan]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94013668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish